Spring seat



Jan. 8 1924.

E. R. HUNTLEY SPRING SEAT Filed Jan. 2, 1919 2 4sheets-sheet 1 V* INVENTOR. Ernes R. Hun/[ey A TTORNEY Jan. 8 1924.

E. R. HUNTLEY SPRING SEAT Filed Jan. 2. 1919 2 sheets-sheet 2 A T TORNEY Patented Jan. 8, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT ori-ica ERNEST R. HUNTLEY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, -ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNIIIENTS, TO INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH CORPORATION, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF DELALVARE.

SPRING. SEAT.

Application filed January 2, 1919. Serial` No. 269,338.

To all whom it 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, ERNEST R. HUNTLEY, residing at rloledo, county of Lucas, yState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring Seats, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to spring cushion seats, having an upholstered member with a depending apron or skirt and a spring unit including springs andusually a spring frame, said unit intended to be inserted within the upholstered member and enclosed by the skirt, an underlying feature of the invention being the means whereby the several parts are held in assembled position, the parts being readily attachable and capable of being detached if necessary or desir# able.

The invention has for its object therefore, to provide an improved means of the character referred to in which a simplified construction for connecting the spring frame and skirt is obtained and in which the assembling as a whole is greatly facilitated and when assembled the parts are rigidly and securely maintained in proper relative position.

Further objects of this invention relate toy certain economies of manufacture and de# tails of the construction as will hereinafter ap pear from a detailed description to follow. I accomplish the objects of my invention in one instance by the devices and means disclosed in the following specications, but it is evident that the same may be varied widely witho-ut departing from the scope of the invention as point-ed out in appended claims. A structure constituting certain embodiments of my invention, one-'of which may be preferred, is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which:

Fig. I is a sectional view through the cushion seat showing one embodiment of my invention applied thereto.

Fig. II is a horizontal sectional View of the assembled seat cushion shown in Fig. I.

Fig. III is a detached prospective view of a portion of the skirt frame and the means for securing the spring frame thereto, before the skirt frame-has been attached to the skirt.

Fig. iv is a View` Similar to Fig. in showing the skirt frame attached to the skirt..

Iig. V shows a modification of the invenl tion corresponding to Fig. IV.`

Fig. VI illustrates a further embodiment of my invention as to the means ofsecuring the spring frame and skirt frame together. F VII illustrates a further modification ofthe invention.` y

Figs.7 VIII and IX illustrate still another modification of the` invention, Fig. VIII representinga modified form of clipf before being bent into the position shown in Fig. IV for securing the` spring frame and skirt frame together.

Figs. XI and XII show the form of manufacturing the clips illustrated and used in the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. VIII andIX. y f

Referring now to the invention illustrated fin Figs. I to IV inclusive it will be seen that the seat cushion l is shown as having an 'upper padded top or upholstered` portion 11 with a depending skirt l2. The skirt IQ-may be secured' to the upper upholstered portion ll'in any manner, as for example by a bead 13 while they lower end of the skirt maybe provided with a cord or beaded edge 14 as is well. known in the art of spring cushion seat Constructions. Within the skirt l2 and bearing against the lower side o-f the top pad or upholstered member Il is a spring unit l whichpmay be composed of a plurality of coil springs 16 variously connected together and a spring or seat` frame 17 extending peripherically around the springs adjacent the lower outermost edge thereof. `The manner in which the spring frame is attached to the skirt of the cushion constitutes the underlying fea.'- ture of the present invention and the same will now be described.

The cushion skirt l2 is provided with a peripherically extending skirt frame 2O 'illustrated in each of Figs. I, III and IV.

This skirt frame may be attached to the skirt, preferably at the lower edge and on the inner side thereof, in Various ways. One simplified and e'liicient way for attaching the skirt frame to the skirt is to provide the frame at intervals with a plurality of outwardly struck hooks 21 shown in Fig. III

and bending the same down around the bead 14 as shown in Fig. IV, thus forming quick attachment means between the strip and skirt 14. In this manner the traine 20 may be securely attached adjacent the lower edge of the skirt and along the inner face thereof. It will be seen that the plate or trame 2O may 'be provided with a bottom stitfening bead 22 which, as will be seen from F ig. I, projects outwardly in alignment, with the outermost portion of the bead* 14 on the depending skirt, while the bead 22 terminates inA an inwardly di'rectedliange`23-f V The tram'e20 is preferably provided at certain spaced intervals throughout its entire periphery with a plurality `of inwardly struck eyes or supporting links 25 formed by splitting the body portion of the 'strips along two'parallel linesl and bending the portion` `therebetween inwardly from the skirtl as shown 'to form eyes 25. Itis to be understood howeverlthat the eyes 25 and the hooks 2l may be formed in various ways other than that describedl without departing from theispirit 'and scope of my invention. The spring frame' 1i' illustrated in Figs. I 'to VI comprises a pair of parallel border wires bound together and to the springs :it-'spaced intervals and is provided at proper intervals with'hook clips 'or sup porting units to engage the several eyes 25. In the form illustrated in Figs. I, III and IV, :these hooksV consist in astrip ot metal 3l bent`r around toenclose the spring trame 17 as shown'and having a depending lip32 adapted toengage lan eye' 25 on the skirt plate 20 with the lower edge resting on thevflan'ge 23 as wi'll beapparent from an inspection of Figs. I, III and IV'ot the drawing; It is evident that these clips 30 may be secured to and `form a part ot', the spring frameI by clamping the same around the `wirey forming the spring'frame 17 in a manner well :known inthe art and that the same-simply rest on theskirt strip 20.` Y

With the'spring frame 17 provided' with thesupporting clips 30 at in'tei'valslicorrespending to the intervals ot the' eyes 25 on the skirt trame 2O itis apparent that after'the skirt'plate 2O has been secured to thelower portion of the skirt, cthe spring units may beinserted within the cushion seatagainst the top pad thereof and "the spring Ytrame caught and maintained therein by compressing thespringsto a certainextentfuntil Jthetipsl otithe hooks 30 may be inserted down intothe eyes 25 on 'the trame 2O.v YIn this manner the skirt, the cushion, the upholstered portion,v Aspring and spring trame may be readily assembled into a completed seat cushion and so maintained as will be readily understood by those skilled in the-art.` f

Referring tdITig". Viit will be seen that I have illustrated therein a different type of skirt frame 2O in which the same is secured to the skirt by turning the lower edge otthe'skirt lll upwardly and clamping the same between a downwardly turned portion 20 ot the strip 2O and the body portion thereof. rIhelower portion ot the frame 2O is providedwith a downwardly projecting bead 22, the tree flange 23 thereof being turned upwardly as shown. In this way a trough is provided extending peripherically around the lower edge of the skirt and into this trough may tit the depending hooks or lips 32 oi the several clips v30 attached to the spring trame. Thus, in tliis'embodiment ot the invention 'the spring seat`is otherwise assembled in thesame manner as that described in vconnection l.with Figs. Ito'IV." i

In Fig. VI, I have illustrated a substantially'ditiierent embodiment ot the invention in which the clips 30 ree of the 'skirt trame 20,are connected to the spring trame 1"? so that the same 'extend upwardly from the lipsi32 ther-eetl and inwardlyl to form a top fiat" portion 30 and hence downwardly and outwardly into a hook or loop portion 33 embracing thespring frame I7. 30 are'thus secured to the 'spring trameA IT as in the other embodiments by clamping the reversely hooked lportion 33 thereto. vrI`he completed cushion with the embodiment. oi the' invent-ion illustrated in Itig. VI will be assembled in substantially the saine manner asthat heretofore described yin connection with Figs. I to IV.V

In Fig. VII the clips 30 are shown as made by use of a continuous strip of metal 35 ,looped at 36 around the' Aspring frame (which is here shown as only one wire I7) and a wire 15, of the spring 16. The lower portions 'and 38 ofthe strip are brought one againstth'eother, and the two inserted in an eye 25 on the skirt trame 20 in substantially the same inannerthat the single depending lip'32 oi the" other embodiments is inserted therein.,-` Thus, thev cushion, when this embodiment shown in Fig. VII is used, is assembled in substantially the same way as that heretofore described in' assemblingl the other modiiications.

In Figs. VIII to XII inclusive I have il-l lustrated a further embodiment ot my in* ventioi'i in whichmeans' are provided 'tor securing the spring frame to the skirt frame so as Vto prevent any movenien't upwardly of the clips relative to the supporting hooks or eyes 25 after assembly. In'this case the clip 30 is provided with a plurality ot depending tips 82. ot which, such asthe cent-ral tip 39, may be bent outwardly as shown in Fig. IX to engage against the lower edge oit the eye 25 to prevent movement ot the clip 30 in an'upward direction relative to the skirttrame 20, it being noted that the inwardly bent hook portion 40ct rIhe clips the clip 30 prevents the same from moving downwardly. The clip used in this embodiment of the invention is illustrated before assembly in Fig. XI, the same being stamped out of a continuous stri of metal in the manner illustrated in Fig. II where it will be seen that a strip of metal is provided at intervals withV a transverse out 42, a longitudinal slot or cut 43, a second transverse cut 44, a second longitudinally extending cut and a third transverse out 46 so as to cut out clips having on one end a plurality of tips 32 and on the other end of the strip a tongue or third tip 39. The body portion 8O of the clip is bent into the hooked position shown in Fig. IX to loop around the spring frame 17 as shown in Fig. X. After the vsame has been assembled to the spring frame the dowwardly depending clips 32 with the tongue 89 located therebetween and filling the gap between the two outermost tips 32 are inserted in an eye 25 on the depending skirt frame 20 as shown in Fig. VIII, and the tongue 39 thereupon bent outwardly as shown in Fig. IX to hold the clip in position as aforesaid relative to the spring frame 20. It will be noted that in this case, as in the embodiment of Fig. VI, the body portion of the clip 30 is separate from the frame 20 and extends inwardly from this skirt frame around the spring frame 17 and then downwardly in the tongue or tip 39 into the eye 25 on the skirt frame 20. It will be understood that the assembly of the spring frame or spring unit in the cushion seat with the form of clip and arrangement illustrated in Figs. VIII to XII inclusive is substantially the same as that heretofore described in connection with Figs. I to IV.

It will thus be seen that in each of the embodiments of my. invention is provided a construction wherein the cushion and the skirt are so secured to the spring frame as to be readily attacliable thereto and also detachable therefrom if such operation is desired or becomes necessary. It will be further apparent that the frame 2() which is attached to the skirt of the cushion is devoid of any hooks whatever and that the spring frame is the element of the combination provided with means to engage the skirt frame, such as the hooks hereinbefore described in order to form the connection between these two parts of the assembled device. It is further apparent from the modi- -'cations of the invention described that the same may be carried out in innumerable ways without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. So that while I have described my invention in more or less detail as being embodied in certain forms I do not desire or intend to be limited thereto as on the contrary my invention contemplates broadly all proper changes as well as the omission of immaterial elements and the substitution of equivalents therefor as circumstances may suggestor necessity render expedient.

Having thus described my invention what I desire to secure by'Letters Patent of the United States and claim is:

l. In a seat, the combination with a border frame and a cushion, of a skirt depending from said cushion enclosing said frame, a strip securedl to the inner face of said skirt adjacent to the lower edge thereof and a plurality of downwardly extending hooks secured to said border frame lfor engaging said strip. y

2.*In a seat, the combination with a spring frame and a cushion, of a skirt depending from` said cushion enclosing said frame, a metallic frame extending around the lower edge of said skirt Vand secured thereto and hook clips having loop portions secured upon and extending outwardly from 4said spring frame and detachably engaging the inner side of the skirt frame whereby the spring frame is supported by said skirt frame.

i 3. In a seat,'the combination with a spring frame and a cushion, of a skirt dependingv from said cushion adapted to enclose said frame, a metallic strip extending around the inner face of said skirt adjacent to the lower edge thereof, a plurality of outwardly extending downwardly turned hooks having loops connected with said spring frame for engaging said metallic strip and quick attachment means between said stripv and said skirt.

4. In a cushion seat comprising an upholstery portion having a depending skirt and a spring` unit including a plurality of springs secured to a base frame, means for securing said skirt to' saidv spring unit comprising a strip carried by said 'skirt and having an integraleye formed therein, and a member looped around an adjacent portion of said base frame and engaging said eye.

5. In a seat, the combination witha spring frame and a cushion, of a skirt depending from said cushion enclosing said frame, a sheet metal strip extending around and secured to the lower edge of said skirt and provided with integral eyes thereon, and clips secured upon and extending outwardly and downwardly from said spring frame adapted to engage said eyes to secure said spring frame to said strip.

6. rlhe combination with a cushion and a depending skirt therefor, of `a substantially rectangular spring frame enclosed by said skirt, a strip extending along the lower edge of said skirt having receiving eyes on the innermost surface thereof, said strip having outwardly extending hooks for embracing the edge of said skirt and adapted to be pressed into clamping engagement gage said eyes.

therewith, said spring frame being provided with clips spacedalong its peripheryV to en- 7. The combination with a cushion and a depending skirt'therefor having Aa corded lower edge, of a spring frame enclosed by said skirt, a metallic strip extending laround the lower edge oi' said skirt and orming a frame therefor, said -strip `having outwardly struck integral hooks Vadapted vto loe` bent around the corded edge of said skirt to se-y cure vsaid strip thereto, integral `inwardly extending eyes carried by said lstripf and hooks having looped portions secured upon said frame adapted to engage said eyes.

8. ln a cushion Seat the combination of a cushion, a depending skirt therefor adapted to enclose a spring unit, a spring unitin cluding a raine,'a metallic strip securedto the lower edge of said skirt and a metallic clip carried by said spring trame provided with meansto connect saidy strip and frame and prevent said spring rame ltrom moving vertically in either direction -relativelyto said skirt strip.

9. An attaching clip between a skirt' frame and a springframe in a cushion seat assembly, said clip being provided with `a loop to engage said spring iframe and a de'-v pending portion to engage ameinber on said skirt trarney and securesaid spring,` traine and said skirt frame together, said clips. being provided with an integral tongue adapted to be bent inwardly from said skirt trame to prevent lateral movement between said skirt trame and said spring frame.

l0. In a cushion vseat having. a skirt and a holding frame therefor, a spring unit -hav= ing a frame, an attaching clip `carried by said frame having-a portion eXtending inwardly otv said fra-ine, thence-upwardly and outwardly over said frame; and having a depending tongue: thereonA for engagement' with a portion :of said skirt liolding'frame. l1. In a device of the class described, a

reserva cushion, a seat support, a border traine on the cushion; 'and border and securing means onfthe seat As up,r ort comprising va border wire, a member, secured to the border wire,

andA .clipsfastenedto said member having oiisetfpiortions for'engaging said border frame.

12in a device ofi"- the class described, a cushion having a skirt; a seat support; a border trame on the4 skirt; border and securing means on the seat support, comprisingia border wire, a membery secured to the border wire', fastening elements secured to said nieinber' having loffset portionsfor engaging said border frame; and offset lugs on theg'border frame for engaging the lower edge of the skirt and retaining` the same in position relative to the border traine.

13; j In a device of the class described, the combination with spring frame and a ciishion, a skirt depending trom the cushion enclosing said frame, a frame on said skirt, a borderwire on the, spring frame, a second wire secured to the border wire, and clips secured; to said wires for detachably engaging saidskirt frame.

14. In la device of ther class described, the combination with a spring traine and a cushion, a skirt depending romtlie cushion enclosing said frame, a trameon said skirt haying eyes, a border wire on the spring 'fraiiie,ay second wire secured to the` border wire, andfciips'secured to said wires for detachably `engaging said eyes.

l5. Inra device ot the class described, a cushion, a seat iframe` structure including a border wire, ar skirt frame for thecushion having an eye, and a member secured'to the border wire and provided with .an outturnedp'ortion for engaging in the eye of the skirt trame.

ln testimony whereof, I atfixvmy signature.

ERNEST, R. HUNTLEY.

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